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VB.NET Compile Error - Namespace cannot be found

Hi,

This is probably a simple question because i am a newbie at this. I have created a vb class in the visual studio 2002 environment. I can compile and test the class just fine through the IDE but when i try to compile the code using vbc.exe it generates an error.

I run:

"F:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\vbc" /nologo /t:library "F:\My Programs\Mp3 Cataloger\mp3Info.vb"

And then i get:

F:\My Programs\Mp3 Cataloger\mp3Info.vb(4) : error BC30466: Namespace or type 'RegularExpressions' for the Imports 'System.Text.RegularExpressions' cannot be found.

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The weird thing is my other imports work just fine (listing of imports following):

Imports System.IO
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

When i dont include the regular expressions (and i comment out the instances of regex i create in the code) it compiles just fine.

Can anyone tell me how to make this compile?

tone28

Do you have a path to your C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 or v1.4.3 etc etc etc...or 1.03 etc etc

dave4dl

ASKER

my user "path" environmental variable is:

F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin;F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;F:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705

system "path" variable =

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;F:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN;F:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705

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dave4dl

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Thanks for the post Wabbit,
I did try that reference and it didnt seem to help.

I found an interesting page at http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/oreilly/windows/news/csharp_0101.html

that says i should reference System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll but i cannot find that file anywhere on my system. I updated the .NET framework 1 and i still cannot find it. How do i get this file? Are regular expressions not available unless you buy the Visual Studio IDE?

dave4dl

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Well tried referencing System.dll in my compile command and it worked. I could have sworn i tried that earlier and it didnt work. Maybe I updated .NET framework . . .

Oh well, thanks for the help LordWabbit